Table 1.

Descriptive data of pregnancies with and without pre-eclampsia

	Without preeclampsia	With preeclampsia1	p value
Maternal age	28.2 ± 5.0	27.0 ± 4.5	0.003
Length of gestation, weeks	40.0 ± 1.6	38.3 ± 2.7	<0.001
Birth weight, kg	3.6 ± 0.5	3.2 ± 0.8	<0.001
Birth length, cm	49.9 ± 2.2	48.1 ± 3.8	<0.001
Head circumference, cm	35.1 ± 1.4	34.4 ± 2.2	<0.001
Z-score birth weight	0.0 ± 1.0	−0.3 ± 1.3	0.004
Ponderal index2	4.5 ± 0.6	4.0 ± 0.90	<0.001
Adiponectin, μg/ml	73.4 ± 28.3	69.2 ± 28.3	0.09

¹Preeclampsia: mild 31%, moderate 50%, severe 20%.

²Ponderal index = weight/birth length cubed.